On November 18, 2016 local time, Deputy Director General of Cooperation and Development Department of China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) Sun Xiao held a briefing for Chinese and foreign media at the press center of the Chinese delegation at the 24th APEC Economic Leaders' Summit, during which he answered questions on Chinese entrepreneurs' participation in cooperation under the APEC framework, the work of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade on advancing China's industrial and commercial circles to take part in the APEC progress, suggestions proposed by China's industrial and commercial circles to APEC leaders and others. Deputy Director-General of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Xining chaired the briefing.

More than 30 journalists from nearly 20 Chinese and foreign media, including People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television, China Radio International, Phoenix Satellite TV, TVB, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Kyodo News, NHK, Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei Net, attended the briefing.